Wednesday jabber...

We are constantly being "visited" by these critters.

While I think they are kinda cute, and certainly delicious, in the summer my eat the stuff I want to eat! These days they are gathering by the wood pile which also has the apple tree branches that were broken off during our big storm. I think they appreciate the fact that they are handy and in one pile for them to chomp on!

My husband opened up a window in the kitchen that was dry walled over. Most of the time I look out and see deer legs going by since it is at ground level. Just now while typing this I looked up and there one was. Yes I tried to get a picture but only got its butt. Next time maybe. It will happen.

A couple days ago I posted my first pattern to Ravelry for sale. I am so excited about this. #2 is ready to go, I am just waiting a couple days because I guess that's what I think I should do. I had two sales the first hour it was on! The sale part for me isn't that much what its about. This is my pattern, and my design, and I wanted it out there, period. If I make a couple bucks so be it. Ill just be spending it on more patterns.

I crocheted these earwarmers for 4-wheeling.

It is a simple pattern from one of those 101 one skein crochet books. I however added a woven square to the inside and before stitching all four sides down shoved in some unspun merino roving. They are comfy to wear and definitely keep our ears warm. My husband requested more for family gifts!

Happy Wednesday!

On a wonderful day like today.........

This weekend the weather here in the Hills is beautiful. The snow is NOT gone but getting there.

Yesterday we got all the damage to our trees and bushes cleaned up and stowed behind our outside fireplace. We got our dormer painted, re-did the deck railings, painted some trim and door casings.

Sitting down last night to knit was a relief after up and going all day. I am kind of surprised I slept horrible last night with being outside so much.

Today is going to be a repeat of yesterday weather wise. Snow and freezing rain is predicted tonight late and into tomorrow.

On our list of things to do is switch ovens with one at the Brewery. Ours quit in the house. Tomorrow I want to bake a big pumpkin that has been staring at me. It will be used for Beer and bread.

I am hoping our local store has kale since I am going to make the Zupa soup recipe that floated around facebook recently. Perfect for an icky day!

I hope everyone (all 4 or 5 of you)is having a wonderful weekend.

Winter early!

Here is some of our wintery dump! It has been melting pretty fast.

While I realize that these do not properly reflect the 5' dumpola. Trust me we had it! No power for 57 hours. Cooking on the campstove. Kerosene lights. Generator running now and then.

About to loose my......

..nevermind.

Since my computer died I miss networking like I usually do.

Moderating a Ravelry group from my phone isnt easy but doable. Forget posting pictures. Blogging, aint happening. I am using a wee sized computer right now that is slower than a 7 year....well you know.

The good news is we bought a new laptop. My husband is one of the furloughed peeps so has set it up and is using it mostly. While it is currently a shared devise, and offered TONS, I am still pissy about loosing my previous laptop and with such a void lately it makes me grumpy. The internet here is my hotspot on my phone so i am being careful with my usage as well.

We have tons of snow here at the Cottage. Over five feet. It has melted a lot but we are expecing more tonight. We have been setting up the new house. I will call it the "New House" even though it is over 100 years old. I love it up here and hope our other house sells by Christmas. It has had showings,,,and we wait.

I am trying to test a pattern for another Raveler that was really messed up. I am basically rewriting it for her and the BIG page in question the dog ate...seriously! No clue where it went and the pages i have the corners are missing..lol So I set up a printer to "reprint" it..no cable included. So I am still looking for that..

Enough for now. Pictures eventually of our snow and assorted projects.